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UW restarts multimillion dollar computer project

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Thursday, February 5, 2009 - 3:31 p.m.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin System is moving ahead with a new computer program to manage its payroll and benefits for employees after already spending $26 million on a previous failed effort.

The university has budgeted $8 million just to plan for the massive and complicated conversion from a system that’s been in place since 1975. There are no estimates yet for how much the project will cost or how long it will take.

The new program will handle payroll and benefits for the system’s 60,000 employees. The $8 million planning phase is scheduled to last into the summer. Then a budget and timeline for moving ahead will be presented.

Actual implementation is expected to take years.

A subcommittee of the Board of Regents received a report on it Thursday.

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RetiredAirForce
Feb 6, 2009 at 10:32 p.m.
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Sarah you have me worried now :-)

werpknarly
Feb 6, 2009 at 5:13 p.m.
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much of the story must be is missing... 1975 was the age of punch cards. i cant belive the system is still working! UW system budget is nearly $5 BILLION dollars. $30million is less than 1 percent of the budget. Cost savings alone could take care of much of this. ALSO with computers doubling in power every 18 months,computers are 4 million times more powerful than in 1975.

SarahB
Feb 6, 2009 at 12:57 p.m.
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Retired Air Force: I agree with you on this one!

RetiredAirForce
Feb 6, 2009 at 5 a.m.
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"There are no estimates yet for how much the project will cost or how long it will take."
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Yep, sure sounds like a resonable Govt project...what a joke.

JohnDoe
Feb 5, 2009 at 7:14 p.m.
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Why, is she running for the state legislature now?

rooster
Feb 5, 2009 at 7:11 p.m.
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maybe pelosi can help.

JohnDoe
Feb 5, 2009 at 6:29 p.m.
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They won't be after you get your tax bill for this.

garyprimer
Feb 5, 2009 at 5:11 p.m.
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